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…hers. He also serves as assistant professor of painting and drawing at California State University, Bakersfield. The artist, who is based in L.A., will have access to the rich intellectual resources of Stanford’s campus while engaging with students, faculty and the community over the course of the fall, winter and spring quarters. The residency will culminate in an exhibition of Ore-Giron’s work in spring 2021, giving new context to objects alrea…

…t in a U.S. map printed on black vinyl, with implanted white flags representing hundreds of tribal lands. Called Their Land (2022), the map emphasizes the presence of Native tribes today, countering the misconception that Indigenous people are all but extinct. Nearby, a digital projection shows a collection of tribal seals found and researched by Stanford students. There is no consolidated repository or database for these seals of America’s over…

…identification cards, letters, portraits, ceramic fragments photographed or copied and layered together. Here is the hand of the artist again, white-gloved, placing and arranging. In the bottom left corner of Brass Bells, a group of white men and women are pictured with coffins and human skulls, the photograph layered over another of a beaded necklace against a blue backdrop, a partial view of a person posed in landscape, and a typewritten note,…

Stepping into the Wisch Family Gallery at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University evokes a polar desert’s quiet and dangerous beauty. Centered amidst  large-scale photographs of a pristine white, icy environment, an otherworldly ultramarine-blue sphere measuring slightly over 3 feet in diameter rests on a bed of what appears to be snow. The sphere, representing Rigil Kentaurus, the third-brightest star in the night sky, is a key element o…

…the recurring use of this pervasive blue pigment in many other projects. By utilising this color she highlights the unity of the earth and the sky. Her fascination for ultramarine blue leads us to experience the sublime in nature, through altered environments that alchemise our emotions and deepen our sense of belonging to the universal. Lita Albuquerque, NAJMA (She Placed One Thousand Suns Over the Transparent Overlays of Space), Desert X…

…ed meals, and fostered a rich tapestry of community and conversation. While artwork was installed in every room, the kitchen was the place the family started each day and shared space with personally significant artworks. The Anderson Collection presents a recreation of the family’s kitchen wall with artwork by artists they knew and admired including Philip Guston, Frank Stella, and Josef Albers. This salon-style arrangement over the family’s bre…

The Anderson Collection, Stanford University’s modern art museum, hosted a free public event to celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday. As part of the event, the museum introduced “Art is Home,” its newest exhibit. The exhibit focuses on the importance of art in everyday life and was accompanied by artsy activities, snacks, and performances from various Stanford student groups. Visitors admire Mark Rothko’s 1957 work, “Pink and White over Red….